Telemedicine
Authors: Bruce E. Dunn
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1999)

Letters2 February 1999TelemedicineBruce E. Dunn, MD, Ralph M. Schapira, MD, and John Frahm, DOBruce E. Dunn, MDMilwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Milwaukee, WI 53295-1000 (Dunn and Schapira)Iron Mountain Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Iron Mountain, MI 49801-4792 (Frahm)Search for more papers by this author, Ralph M. Schapira, MDMilwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Milwaukee, WI 53295-1000 (Dunn and Schapira)Iron Mountain Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Iron Mountain, MI 49801-4792 (Frahm)Search for more papers by this author, and John Frahm, DOMilwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Milwaukee, WI 53295-1000 (Dunn and Schapira)Iron Mountain Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Iron Mountain, MI 49801-4792 (Frahm)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-130-3-199902020-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Grigsby and Sanders (1) and others (2) suggest that the number of patients using telemedicine services is low. Our experience indicates that various specialties using telemedicine can provide integrated health care to a group of patients. The telemedicine program at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, a medical school-affiliated, tertiary care facility, provides services to the rural Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iron Mountain, Michigan.Since 1996, diagnostic radiographs and pathologic specimens from Iron Mountain have been read by physicians from Milwaukee using telemedicine. The annual workload includes approximately 7500 cases in radiology, 800 in nuclear ...References1. Grigsby J, Sanders JH. Telemedicine: where it is and where it's going. Ann Intern Med. 1998;129:123-7. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Sanders JH, Bashur RL. Challenges to implementation of telemedicine. Telemed J. 1995;1:115-23. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Dunn BE, Almagro UA, Choi H, Recla DL, Weinstein RS. Use of telepathology for routine surgical pathology in a test bed in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Telemedicine Journal. 1997;3:1-10. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Shortliffe EH. Health care and the next generation Internet [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 1998;129:138-40. LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Bruce E. Dunn, MD; Ralph M. Schapira, MD; John Frahm, DOAffiliations: Milwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Milwaukee, WI 53295-1000 (Dunn and Schapira)Iron Mountain Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Iron Mountain, MI 49801-4792 (Frahm) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRobotic surgical telepathology between the Iron Mountain and Milwaukee Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: a twelve year experienceRobotic surgical telepathology between the Iron Mountain and Milwaukee Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: a 12-year experienceUse of telemedicine in the remote programming of cochlear implants 2 February 1999Volume 130, Issue 3Page: 244KeywordsDiagnostic radiologyHealth careHealth care facilitiesSurgical pathologyTelemedicineVision ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 2 February 1999 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1999 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...